Essay - Theories of Migration Africa & Theories of Migration the Cultural...

Theories of Migration

Africa & Theories of Migration

The cultural mysteriousness of the scantily clad tribeswomen has always contributed to the "unknown" that has been associated with the African culture in ***** eyes of the majority of Americans. The unfortunate thing is that suspicion typically follows close behind. With *****, comes fear. Fear then breeds paranoia and hatred. In other words, the mysteriousness in itself is not enough ***** breed *****, but each is a forc*****g multiplier of ***** next and eventually there is an ***** amount of social devoid in American society, reflected by the hard line that separates us. Therefore, in ***** pressing times ***** the ***** "***** culture," I submit th***** report with a target audience in mind, and that would be ***** rest of the ***** in the Untied States outside ***** African community. According to a report released by the Center For Immigrant Studies (CIS), the African community continues to be "one ***** the fastest growing communities in the United *****," and even "in the aftermath of Septem*****r 11th, *****re ***** been a heightened interest in the *****s moving to live in the United St*****tes" (Camarota 2002). It is no wonder, *****, why *****ir positive integration and successful incorporation into American society should come to be seen as highly important and necessary. This paper is an examination of several of the migra*****ry theories. The migration literature of today's society has emphasized historic, economic, and social conditions that have promoted the international flow of *****. Social scientists have assembled a rich body ***** rese*****rch on these conditions in both rural and urban sett*****gs. They ***** also articulated many of the ***** and labor market conditions in ***** United States that have encouraged the arrival of migrant workers. Beyond describing ***** conditions, there are various theoretical approaches that attempt to explain how the contrasting conditions in Africa ***** the ***** States promote migration to and settlement in ***** U.S., as well as the ***** networks necessary to start ***** susta***** *****se ***** patterns (Massey et al. 1998).

African im*****s have a long and extensive history ***** the United *****. These immigrants are said to have been migrating from Africa to ***** United States for thousands of years. In fact, the earliest historical migrations occurred in *****, where it seems, the first anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) developed. In accordance with P*****er Stalker's Guide to International Migration (2005), Portuguese sailors began to enslave Africans around 1442, transport*****g them back ***** Europe for use in their own households. But it was not until 1550 that the first slave ship sailed from Africa to the West Indies ***** meet the need for intensive field labor in the sugar and tobacco plantations of the Caribbean. Over the ***** couple of centuries the slavers are thought to have taken some 15 million people ***** Africa though ***** perished along the way. The slave trade ***** one of ***** largest mass migrations of labor ***** human *****. Today it is estimated that around